andr/o
male
balan/o
glans penis
prostat/o
prostate gland
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o
testis, testicle
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
Epididym/o
epididymis
vas/o
vessel, duct
spermat/o, sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
-lysis
destruction
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
-ism
state of
gynec/o
woman, female
oophor/o
ovary
salping/o
Fallopian tube
hyster/o, metr/o
uterus
cervic/o
cervix
colp/o, vagin/o
vagina
hymen/o
hymen
vulv/o
vulva
episi/o, perine/o
perineum
men/o
menstruation
lapar/o
abdominal cavity
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
peri-
surrounding
Endo-
within
-arche
beginning
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
process of measuring
-rrhagia
rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)
-salpinx
fallopian tube
gyn
gynecology, gynecologist
Pap
Papanicolaou smear (Pap smear)
arthr/o
joint
cardi/o
heart
esophag/o
esophagus
hepat/o
liver
Neur/o
nerve
oste/o
bone
Patell/o
patella (kneecap)
pulmono
lung
Veno
vein
intra-
within
Sub-
under, below
-ectomy
surgical removal
-itis
inflammation
-megaly
enlargement
-pathy
disease
cyt/o
cell
hist/o
tissue
lip/o
fat
fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
epitheli/o
epithelium (top layer of skin)
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
my/o, myos/o
muscle
lei/o
smooth
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
system/o
system (a group of organs)
Viscer/o
internal organs
aden/o
gland
somat/o
body
path/o
disease
eti/o
cause of disease
Cancer/o
cancer adj
carcin/o
cancer - noun
onc/o
tumor
iatr/o
physician, treatment
uni
one
Bi
two
dys-
painful, difficult, abnormal
hyper-
above normal, too fast, rapid
hypo-
Below normal, low
An-
without (prior to vowel)
A
Without (prior to constant)
-logy
study of
-logist
one who studies
-cyte
cell (suffix)
-oid
resembling
-osis
abnormal condition
-oma
Tumor (Suf)
-sarcoma
fleshy connective tissue tumor
-plasia
condition of formation
-plasm
substance
-genesis
forming, beginning, origin
-gen
substance or agent that causes
-genic
Pertaining to beginning, origin, formation
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
skin
onych/o, ungu/o
nail
trich/o
hair
seb/o
oil
hidr/o
sweat
myc/o
fungus
rhytid/o
wrinkle
necr/o
tissue death
aut/o
self
heter/o
other
crypt/o
hidden
scler/o
hardening (CF)
xer/o
dry
Strept/o
twisted chains
staphyl/o
grapelike clusters